The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-10-04
TAKING IN AN lsrHMus GAMBLER.

A Man from the Bowery Tries his nAn~
at Roulette in Panama.
Ever since the beginning OF the canal
work IN the Isthmus hundreds OF gam
hlers and thieves have been nocKlng ~
this city from all parts or the Wol I'LL
There is no end OF money mere Ii Cno
hands of the canal contractors ana en-
,,ioves and every kind of gambling IS
carried on by the sharpers to releVe onet!I
of it. The lottery here, whose draWlhs 10
every Sunday, has made one OF Ine Plo-
1rietors. an old Panama railroad man.
rich. He is getting his money Iogether
and is going back to the United states "
live An old New York gambler, VINO
used to frequent the ST. James noteA pai
room great DEAL says ne - a prss fever
chance of dying of the Chagres IeVeL
against 100000. If he lives only SIX
months he says, he will be back In Ne"
York with the DOODLE He ADDS UnaG "non
a man is over so he can afford TO Jake Cnle
kind of chance. He came here 10 cue Oh
make his play, and he is gett1ng II, III MS
work with rapidity. He looks Ike
winner.
There is always something new coming
off. for many of the gamblers, especially
those from London and New YORK, are
very sshy.D The other day the steamer
from New York brought down sure
thing man. who, for some time past, mas
been working the passengers on the Eng
lish steamer lines. Too much BOWery
dissipation had got him on the SICK llsC
and he was on his way to San FRANCISCO
For his health. He was here just two
hours. One of them he spent in looking
at the old town and feeding the pel1cans
and gulls in the bay with biscuits soaked
in cOgnac He then lounged into the Dig
gambling hell on the Plaza and watched
the Frenchmen's reckless play at roulette
The game was in full blast and the layout
covered with piles of gold. Every one was
drinking champagne, and Tor CONFUSION
and riot the red letter days Of Homburg
were not a marker to it. The careWorn
! Bowery man edged up to the taole anu
| with q trembling hand rolled up Onlteo
| States bank bill to about the size OF a
walnut and threw it on the red Line
wheel was started on its nolseless CIRCUIT
and the little ivory ball ratified around III
the opposite direction until it finally set
tied in the black. The BoWery man
picked the bill up and carelessly tossed II
to the dealer, who unfolded it and saw Il
was $40 bill.
The dealer smiled slightly, while the
Rowerv man fumbled in his pocket fol
more money. He drew another bill IRON
his inside pocket, crumpled into pal
like the other one and dropped 1t on In
red. The ivory ball went hopping aroun(
again, and this time it stopped III fe'
pocket The Bowery man did not NOV
this time, and when the dealer unIolue'
r1e bill to see how much he had to pay n
found that it was one of the 81, 900 demon
ination. He looked aghast, but there wa
nothing for it but to pay and look pleas
ant. He counted the money out, whlc
the Bowery man pocketed as he took nl
leave. Fifteen minutes later the luck
New Yorker was on the tug going to tn
steamer out in the bay. He told felloN
passenger how he had beaten the Panam
dealer The first bill he laid down wa
also 81, 900 bill, but when he saw ne ma .
lost he picked it up and Nssed a $50 bi
which he had concealed in his hand to tn
Sealer and slipped the $1,000 one up hi
} sleeve. He said it took little practice
do this trick, but it was about as easy
! way to make $3.50 as he knew OF, and 4
} was on good terms with himself for til
} next twenty-four hours.-Panama Co
New York Sun.